This is a collection guide. It is a description of archival material held in the Special Collections Division,
J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. The materials described here are physically available in our
reading room. None of the original documents in this collection are digitally available online at this time.

Collection contains teletype press releases related to events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas in November, 1963. Also included are news releases associated with the actions of Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson, the search, capture, and assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald, and details of the funeral arrangements and condolences from world leaders.

President John F. Kennedy visited East Carolina College during his 1960 campaign. He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas in November 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald. He was succeeded as President by Lyndon B. Johnson.

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